Recording: By loading the video, you accept YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unlock YouTuben Dear friends, dear interested, About 10 days ago the federal constitutional court in Germany ruled that the German Climate Law is insufficient to protect young and future generations’ liberty rights including the right to a good life. At the […]
Webinar “European Churches – Churches in Europe” – Thursday, 13 May 2021, 4-6pm CEST
Aufzeichnung: By loading the video, you accept YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unlock YouTuben Dear friends, dear interested, Europe and its churches are going through a period of tremor and renewal. In a time of crises European societies are doing some soul-searching and quarrelling with their own values of individual freedom and dignity […]
Europe Calling “What next from Karlsruhe?” with Prof. René Repasi on Wed, 28.4. 1 p.m. CEST
Recording / Presentation By loading the video, you accept YouTube’s privacy policy.Learn more Load video Always unlock YouTuben Dear friends, dear interested, We’ve just had a lucky escape. After the green light from Karlsruhe, Germany can ratify the EU’s Corona Recovery programme. But this breathing space is no reason to relax. Every time the German […]
Inflation definition of the ECB: Exploding housing costs can no longer be ignored
Dear friends, dear interested, Lately, rents and residential real estate prices in most areas have known only one direction: steeply upwards. But while citizens groan under the exploding costs, officials at the ECB have paradoxically been complaining about too low rates of inflation for a long time. This is in part because housing costs have […]
Greens call on the European Commission to not put the credibility of the Sustainable Finance rules at risk
Yesterday, 24 March 2021, Bas Eickhout, co-rapporteur of the Taxonomy Regulation and Sven Giegold, financial and economic policy spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group have sent a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President Frans Timmermanns and Finance Commissioner Mairead McGuinness. They call on the Commission to refrain from any […]
Hearing at the European Parliament: Lessons from the Wirecard case – Tue, 23 March, 13h45 – 15h45
Dear friends, dear interested, On my initiative, the European Parliament’s Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs, jointly with the Committee for Legal Affairs, will hold a hearing on lessons from the Wirecard case tomorrow, 23 March. I am particularly happy that our invitation was accepted by journalist Dan McCrum of the Financial Times whose stubborn […]